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2017

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Thomas Isbell

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A majority of Malagasy say that the mining sector contributes “a little” or “a lot” to creating jobs and reducing poverty (76%) as well as to promoting the national private sector (67%). Only about four in 10 (43%) believe that the sector improves security.

Perceptions of mining’s contribution as positive are higher among wealthy citizens and job-holders than among the poor and the unemployed.

Similarly, respondents who see the country’s economic condition as good are more likely to give positive assessments of the mining sector’s impact on employment (92% vs. 72% of those who see economic conditions as bad), on promotion of the private sector (85% vs. 68%), and on security (61% vs. 37%).